what's the 'distinction' you all got? are you like mega-citizens now?
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 23 June 2013 03:34 (ten years ago) link
added to no-kill list
― j., Sunday, 23 June 2013 03:38 (ten years ago) link
i used to teach citizenship classes (right at the moment they changed the test) and i developed a game show type slide show to practice the questions. It's available upon request (assuming I can find it)
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Sunday, 23 June 2013 03:39 (ten years ago) link
in the Arizona version, contestants have to stop and show the host identification every ten minutes.
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 23 June 2013 03:47 (ten years ago) link
45.
― Romantic style in da world (crüt), Sunday, 23 June 2013 03:54 (ten years ago) link
62. bfd.
― Aimless, Sunday, 23 June 2013 03:56 (ten years ago) link
^^ it's because I voted in every election: primaries, general and special, for decades now and I do campaign phone banking most general elections. But that question had no place in a test for prospective citizens, because they can't vote. I don't consider my charitable donations to be philanthropy, so i suppose I could have scored a bit higher.
― Aimless, Sunday, 23 June 2013 04:01 (ten years ago) link
i have taken the actual citizenship test. these questions are considerably harder.
― fit and working again, Sunday, 23 June 2013 04:02 (ten years ago) link
aimless, i think the idea might have been to measure your civicmindedness no matter where you were coming from? ruff on stateless applicants i guess
― j., Sunday, 23 June 2013 04:06 (ten years ago) link
just fyi -- lots of info about the actual test/policies available direct from the source:http://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume12-PartE.html
the test was changed substantially in 2006 iirc? i think it was the summer of 2006 that i taught that class, i can't remember exactly -- but we were riiiiight between the two tests, and i had to revise the materials substantially in order to prepare the students for the new test, which is the one they would be eligible to take. all of the textbooks/materials the school had were obsolete.
i also taught a general civics education course that was part of a pilot project. a complete failure, but it was a mess to begin with. anyway, i kinda work in this field in a tangential way and people's opinions about civic responsibility interest me, in general. the end.
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Sunday, 23 June 2013 04:12 (ten years ago) link
60. Similar reasons to Aimless plus I know my Supremes.
― carl agatha, Sunday, 23 June 2013 04:13 (ten years ago) link
49. i screwed up the faces/names of some justices.
― Clay, Sunday, 23 June 2013 04:15 (ten years ago) link
yeah the test changed in 2008. There are 100 possible questions. You get asked ten and have to get six right:
US Citizenship Interview Test Questions
― fit and working again, Sunday, 23 June 2013 04:17 (ten years ago) link
why the sudden interest in it now?
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Sunday, 23 June 2013 04:18 (ten years ago) link
43. i answered all of the questions correctly but this was still my score.
― Treeship, Sunday, 23 June 2013 04:18 (ten years ago) link
Immigration bills in congress is my guess.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 23 June 2013 04:22 (ten years ago) link
68. but i feel like i'm getting unfair credits because we have municipal elections in odd-numbered years so i vote a lot.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 23 June 2013 04:22 (ten years ago) link
i have some teaching materials produced by the us gov intended to inform/educate immigrants about the censusit's pretty interesting, i think, but no one has ever paid a lot of attention to this sort of education in the pastthat's why i was wondering
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Sunday, 23 June 2013 04:23 (ten years ago) link
52.
― This Is My Design, and I Used Helvetica (Viceroy), Sunday, 23 June 2013 04:34 (ten years ago) link
wowed by all the politically active, philanthropic volunteers that I rub shoulders with every day...
― Drugs A. Money, Sunday, 23 June 2013 05:11 (ten years ago) link
36
― Hi i am your great fan suces (jjjusten), Sunday, 23 June 2013 05:20 (ten years ago) link
Basically if you are a white dude on the Supreme Court and not heart attack Scalia, to me, you are a cipher.
― Hi i am your great fan suces (jjjusten), Sunday, 23 June 2013 05:21 (ten years ago) link
Also a lot of *drinky drinky motion with hand*
― Hi i am your great fan suces (jjjusten), Sunday, 23 June 2013 05:22 (ten years ago) link
hey you made it dude, you're set for life
not sure whether i got breyer and kennedy right, didn't bother checking
― j., Sunday, 23 June 2013 05:25 (ten years ago) link
breyer vs kennedy is a piece of cake
― Aimless, Sunday, 23 June 2013 05:28 (ten years ago) link
yeah i just guessed on those
― Drugs A. Money, Sunday, 23 June 2013 05:38 (ten years ago) link
(& got them right, that is)
50 and I've only been to the US once!
― О боже, какой мужчина (ShariVari), Sunday, 23 June 2013 08:03 (ten years ago) link
43 and i've never been and i shd still be in bed
― The drone that was played caused panic and confusion (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 23 June 2013 08:11 (ten years ago) link
23 (UK ILXor)
― go cray cray on my lobster soufflé (snoball), Sunday, 23 June 2013 09:23 (ten years ago) link
I set all the Supreme Court justices to Clarence Thomas and all the reference matching question I didn't know to '1984 Ronald Reagan ad campaign'.
― go cray cray on my lobster soufflé (snoball), Sunday, 23 June 2013 09:25 (ten years ago) link
i ran out of supreme court justices (i.e. more people than names), and then it lost my score because i have noscript running but i think it might have been 12
― Autumn Almanac, Sunday, 23 June 2013 09:33 (ten years ago) link
30 (britisher, no good on supreme justices or recognising the alamo). i don't feel like i deserve the citizenship i could, according to this online test, attain.
― ✌_✌ (c sharp major), Sunday, 23 June 2013 09:40 (ten years ago) link
I recognised the Alamo, but only because it was the building Ozzy urinated on.
― go cray cray on my lobster soufflé (snoball), Sunday, 23 June 2013 09:44 (ten years ago) link
'Is this building a public toilet? Yes/No'
― go cray cray on my lobster soufflé (snoball), Sunday, 23 June 2013 09:45 (ten years ago) link
22, a UK citizen.
― mmmm, Sunday, 23 June 2013 10:36 (ten years ago) link
got a 46 but skipped the bio questions, are those on the actual test? can't you just lie?
― look at my watch/I'm in the club and everyone's looking at me/fuck th (k3vin k.), Sunday, 23 June 2013 11:07 (ten years ago) link
yeah you get 46 points if you just say you check all of those boxes and say you voted 20 times, kind of silly
― look at my watch/I'm in the club and everyone's looking at me/fuck th (k3vin k.), Sunday, 23 June 2013 11:10 (ten years ago) link
yeah i figured my score wd be mega if i did charity work or participated in the meaningless charade of democracy
― The drone that was played caused panic and confusion (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 23 June 2013 11:42 (ten years ago) link
47, a dirty Brit
― Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Sunday, 23 June 2013 12:29 (ten years ago) link
If you get less than 10, you are disappeared and a letter is sent to your family explaining that you went to the restroom in the middle of the test and didn't return.
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 23 June 2013 12:44 (ten years ago) link
65. I cleaned up on local elections, too. Think the only possible points I missed were for military or civil service. Oh, and volunteering. I used to be a Big Brother, but it's been ages.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 23 June 2013 12:54 (ten years ago) link
48, i got all of the trivia questions right but rarely vote
― 乒乓, Sunday, 23 June 2013 13:03 (ten years ago) link
I interpreted volunteering to mean "I've done shit that was boring for free within the last year"
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 23 June 2013 13:06 (ten years ago) link
My polling place is two blocks from our apartment and in a bookstore (and before that also two blocks away but in a synagogue I think) so I think I've missed maybe one election (local, state, or national) in eight years (and only one presidential election since I turned 18, which was Bush/Gore 2000 about which I can only say ;_;). I love voting, particularly in local elections. One day we'll vote these bums out of office and I'll feel like I was a part of it.
― carl agatha, Sunday, 23 June 2013 13:10 (ten years ago) link
58, Breyer, Alito and Kennedy were my downfall.
― Talking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) Blues (doo dah), Sunday, 23 June 2013 13:23 (ten years ago) link
skipped the bio questions, are those on the actual test?
no. aside from the test questions linked upthread you have to show that you have been a good citizen by providing evidence that you haven't committed any crimes and have always paid taxes.
― sleepingsignal, Sunday, 23 June 2013 13:31 (ten years ago) link
How do you prove you haven't committed crimes?
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 23 June 2013 13:36 (ten years ago) link
Can't believe no one is interested in my citizenship game show or civics materials. Shocked!
One of the most challenging things about the classes were that they were levels 2-6 (higher levels not eligible bc the classes weren't usually necessary) so some people could barely utter a complete sentence in English while others were wondering why I was making them role play an emergency 911 call.
Does this sound like good times or what?!
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Sunday, 23 June 2013 13:46 (ten years ago) link
what were the prizes
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 23 June 2013 13:47 (ten years ago) link
I took it twice in two different browsers and it resets all the answers and doesn't give me a score. HOW WILL I EVER KNOW IF I'M A CITIZEN NOW?!??
― the world's little sunbeam (in orbit), Wednesday, 10 May 2017 17:19 (seven years ago) link
it's old enough the original site doesn't work anymore
― mh, Wednesday, 10 May 2017 17:24 (seven years ago) link
on the bright side, no one ever needs identify scalia again
it says i'll be asked 10 of those randomly but i've talked to five people that have had very different interviewing experiences (two didn't even get asked questions -- HUH)
My wife wasn't asked any questions when she went in. They just swore everybody in her group in. That was many years ago, though. Under Trump they'll probably ask you something in Spanish, and if you understand, you get deported to Mexico (no matter your actual country of origin).
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 10 May 2017 17:29 (seven years ago) link
the constitution is this thing you can use in order to carry a gun into public places so you can protect everyone if and when there is a shootout.
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 10 May 2017 17:30 (seven years ago) link
it's interesting how the book (provided by us department of homeland security) sets you up to become/side with republicans
been reading a lot about people's experiences from when they naturalized in the past few months and everyone says it's super easy
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Wednesday, 10 May 2017 17:53 (seven years ago) link
spoke with this mexican fella and he had been using 5 different names, was deported once, and had outstanding fines (forget for what), and according to him, they didn't ask him any questions
they asked if he had other names he went by and if he was ever deported, he said yes to all of it, and the officer offered him citizenship
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Wednesday, 10 May 2017 17:56 (seven years ago) link
what does the constitution do
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Wednesday, May 10, 2017 9:43 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
sets up gov'tdefines gov'tprotects basic rights of americans
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Wednesday, 10 May 2017 17:58 (seven years ago) link
extreme vetting
― your cognitive privilege (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 10 May 2017 17:59 (seven years ago) link
Back in the day when I had a top secret government clearance, the advice I was given was to be utterly transparent and not lie about anything; the main concern wasn't, for example, whether you had smoked pot in college, but whether smoking pot in college was something you were trying to hide and could be used against you by someone attempting to blackmail you. I assume it's similar for the citizenship test; clearly just being a citizen doesn't automatically put you near sensitive information but it's a pathway that could end up near sensitive information and they are looking to see if the people getting it are obviously susceptible to pressure from outside forces based on what they are willing to reveal and what they are trying to hide.
― PJD PDJ DPJ (DJP), Wednesday, 10 May 2017 18:01 (seven years ago) link
i remember waiting to be interviewed sitting next to a pakistani guy and an indian guy, we were trying to figure out how it worked. some people went through one door & never came out. others came out the same door with more paperwork. we were all still v fearful of being sent home or whatever & the questions we asked each other about what we thought was happening were slightly comedic it's like some pearly gates shit in those rooms
i got asked 5 of the easiest questions which was fine but i was kinda mad, like wtf did i study for, i could have answered those and i came back into the waiting room and was told to wait some more
then me and 4 other ppl were led to another door off the waiting room, into what looked like a broom closet. they had milk crates stackedup as a kind of makeshift podium/desk for the INS guy, american flag loosely arranged on the wall behind him & we stood shoulder to shoulder on a rubber mat and he swore us in. we recited the oath & we were donewe were like *blink* that's it?
it was weird
but i cried when i left because i was SO happy to never have to go in that awful building again
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 10 May 2017 18:18 (seven years ago) link
congrats veg
hoping mine goes as smooth as yours
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Wednesday, 10 May 2017 18:20 (seven years ago) link
good luck!! mine was like 8 or 9 years ago :)
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 10 May 2017 18:25 (seven years ago) link
thx :s
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Wednesday, 10 May 2017 18:26 (seven years ago) link
https://youtu.be/0cvW_2uIBQs
― sleepingbag, Wednesday, 10 May 2017 18:37 (seven years ago) link
i used to teach citizenship classes to help people get ready for the test. when they changed the test, i had to redo all of my materials but it was pretty fun. i didn't mind.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 10 May 2017 20:59 (seven years ago) link
I'm officially a US citizen
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 17:51 (six years ago) link
did you have to go to a ceremony?
― new noise, Tuesday, 20 June 2017 17:56 (six years ago) link
Yes
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 17:56 (six years ago) link
how was it? when i had mine it was quite a touching event.
― new noise, Tuesday, 20 June 2017 17:59 (six years ago) link
something i wrote for someone back then:
I went to the naturalization ceremony where my citizenship became official. It was held at a theater downtown. When I got there I was shown to a seat near the front with my fellow citizens-to-be. There was marching music playing and right after I sat down the tune used for the theme of Monty Python started. Weird. I had an hour to wait before the ceremony started proper. People were still showing up during that time. The crowd was made up mostly of older people -- 40s/50s/60s -- and I was in a white minority. The ceremony was presided over by a judge who was from Mexico originally and had himself become a citizen 40 years ago. There was a class of kids on the stage who sang a couple of patriotic songs. A few of the kids read short essays on what was great about America. One kids mentioned freedom of religion, how there are "Christians, Hindus, Muslims ... and EVEN Jewish people." Another said how her mom was from Norway and who said Norway was beautiful but that she "liked having freedom." I had to suppress laughter. We all had to stand and pledge the oath of allegiance. Then the judge read out some numbers, how many of us were there, how many were from certain countries (the most: Mexico, then Brazil and Pakistan). He had people raise their hand if they wanted to say something. He'd ask them where they were from, how long it took them to go through the process, what it meant to them, etc. Becoming a citizen is just paperwork for someone like me but for some of these people it's obviously a huge deal and what some of them had to say was quite touching. There was a lot of happy people there, the whole ceremony has the air of a celebration. And that was it. I was given my naturalization certificate as I left.
― new noise, Tuesday, 20 June 2017 18:01 (six years ago) link
It was interesting!
It was a little bittersweet but I have dual citizenship now so it's okay
Yes, I was probably one of few white people there. Nobody shared stories. They read what countries were represented the most; in order, the top 5: Mexico, Philippines, China, Guatemala, El Salvador (I don't remember exactly the last two countries)
It was touching to see so many immigrants who had gone through a lot to become a citizen. Even though the judge said we did it the hard way, I still thought I had it pretty easy, despite my interview being extremely shocking to me. The judge also said we value most what we work hard for. I think I can agree with that
How long ago was yours?
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 18:11 (six years ago) link
mine was in 2010. i'm curious... at mine we were shown a video of obama welcoming us to the country. is there a similar trump video?
― new noise, Tuesday, 20 June 2017 18:23 (six years ago) link
and forgive me if i missed this upthread... shocking interview?
― new noise, Tuesday, 20 June 2017 18:25 (six years ago) link
I was looking for this, as well
I moved to the US in 2011 and, at least in Los Angeles, I saw Obama's picture in a lot of places. After Trump was elected, Obama's pictures were taken down and have not been replaced with anything
So, no, I saw (and see) no trace of Trump, which makes sense in a state like California
We were shown a video of monuments and pictures of immigrants since the country first gained independence
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 18:29 (six years ago) link
welcome to hell
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 21:40 (six years ago) link